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- From the Gothamist Newsmap: a suspicious package at Church Ave and Cortlandt St in Manhattan, a burn victim at Madison Ave and 111th St also in Manhattan and falling debris on Gold St in Brooklyn.
- Several children from a NJ summer camp suffered minor injuries when their school bus crashed into a synagogue while en route to a bowling alley.
- A Twittering doorman suddenly stopped his updates, which included "A resident just buzzed me to check if the intercom was working, he must be bored."
- Speaking of tweeting—anyone with a Twitter feed, a Facebook page or just a blog is encouraged to whore themselves for free drinks by mentioning one of three Manhattan bars. The catch? They're all perilously close to Murray Hill.
- Trailblazing State Senator Olga Mendez was remembered yesterday an East Harlem church; a construction worker said, “Olga always did the right thing for El Barrio. She was about change. She was no punk.”
- Manhattan DA candidate Cyrus Vance canceled his fundraiser at Eliot Spitzer's apartment because madam Kristen Davis threatened to protest, pointing out Spitzer wasn't charged with anything during Hookergate.
- A NJ Assemblyman from Jersey City is expected to resign, since he was arrested for corruption last month.
- Conde Nast is really cinching its belt: Glamour is laying off its only receptionist and other publications may also face the same receptionistless fate
- The Mets may have lost Jose Reyes for the season due to his ongoing hamstring issues.
- Our own Katie Sokoler is putting New York's infrastructure together, one tiny art project at a time.
- And yes, the Wisconsin story about a wife and her husband's mistresses banding together to Krazy Glue the cheater's penis to his stomach is extremely riveting. And little hurtful.
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